LAPAROSCOPIC LIN OPERATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF POLYCYSTIC LIVER-DISEASE

Non parasitic hepatic cysts are a clinical entity that is often associ ated with polycystic kidney disease. We report the case of a 75 year-o ld woman who presented with symptomatic but non complicated polycystic liver disease. The treatment consisted of laparoscopic fenestration o f a large simple cyst located in the left hepatic lobe. The postoperat ive course was uneventful and the patient remains free of symptoms at 18-months follow-up. Selected patients with symptomatic but uncomplica ted polycystic liver disease and favourable anatomy benefit from lapar oscopic fenestration of the cysts with low morbidity and hospital stay